Where does “kwef” come from?

kwef (Polish) comes from French coiffe, from Middle French coiffe, from Ecclesiastical Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic kuffju, from Proto-Germanic kupjō — cap.

kwef (Polish): yashmak

Definitions

  1. yashmak

Ancestry of “kwef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoiffecoif; inflection of coiffer: ## first-person...
2Middle Frenchcoiffecoif
3Ecclesiastical Latincofia—
4Proto-West Germanickuffjucap, crest
5Proto-Germanickupjōcap
Every word from Proto-Germanic kupjō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kuffju →Every word from Ecclesiastical Latin cofia →